universal testimony

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Perhaps she had made a mistake in abandoning so early the chance of finding out more about religion; it was difficult not to be impressed by the universal testimony of these countless tombs.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

The universal testimony of the great, that fame itself is barren, is thrust aside as of small moment.

From The Spinster Book by Reed, Myrtle

In short, according to the universal testimony of those who have it, it differs from all other happiness not only in degree but in kind.

From Thoughts on Religion by Gore, Charles

I will leave to the doctors the description of its effect on nerve and brain, and to common observation the universal testimony to the peculiar blurring of judgment which stimulant of any kind usually produces.

From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah

In the face of such arguments, based, as they obviously were, on universal testimony, even the faith of the person most nearly concerned and wholly responsible must, it was judged, eventually give way.

From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Gambier-Parry, Ernest